In the literature, Principle C has been defined for use within sentences
(or "everywhere", although certainly not over the whole paragraph). What
do we do when a pronoun and an r-expression are in different fragments?
Person A: I know where he went!
Person B: Yeah, me too! To Chuckie's House.
It is not immediately clear whether or not Principle C can apply across
fragments. I will explore different fragment theories, and also look
into different frameworks to see what is said about how children learn
and interpret such constructions. (I'll spoil the secret...kids know
that Principle C is at work here!) Using a Truth Value Judgment Task, I
will determine that children 1) know Principle C, even across a discourse
and 2) suggest what type of fragment theory is on that market that would
be explained by the results. Done in conjunction with Rozz Thornton.